In this set of sessions we discussed helping students find quality information online (Navigating Internet Resources: Sorting the Awesome from the Awful). I went over some of the strategies the library uses during our instruction with students, and then dove into different resources. Of particular interest to the faculty were the following:
- Google Advanced Search
- Google Scholar
- The Recommended Websites page we are developing
- Online citation resources
The feedback from those who attended was overwhelmingly positive and several faculty members said they were excited to share the resources we covered with their colleagues in department or other meetings! My goals are to continue to increase attendance (which is going to be tricky, given schedules on this campus) and to continue to develop sessions that would appeal to a wide range of faculty. I am hoping to do some informal surveying of faculty from a variety of departments (informal because, as I’m sure many other campuses are, our email inboxes are exploding, and paper surveys tend to take the back burner to lesson planning and assessing student work). For more information on the faculty development session, explore the links above.
If anyone has suggestions for something they've tried in the past & loved, I'd love to hear your ideas!